The tag list was recently added to a whole bunch of questions. This tag clearly describes the form of what the question is asking for rather than the subject-matter of the question. That's not what tags are supposed to be for, and not what they're generally for.

A tag is a word or phrase that describes the topic of the question. Tags are a means of connecting experts with questions they will be able to answer by sorting questions into specific, well-defined categories.

Tags can also be used to help you identify questions that are interesting or relevant to you.

...

Do not use meta-tags in questions. Here are some tips to help you determine whether a tag is a meta-tag:

If the tag can’t work as the only tag on a question, it’s probably a meta-tag. Every tag you use should be able to work, more or less, as the only tag on a question. Meta-tags, like [beginner], [subjective], and [best-practices], are not helpful by themselves – they do not communicate anything about the content of the question.

If the tag commonly means different things to different people, it’s probably a meta-tag. For example, the meaning of the tag [subjective] is, itself, subjective; the same is true for tags like [best-practices] and [beginner]. Best practices to whom? Beginner by what criteria? Use only tags that have a broadly accepted, objective definition.

I think the tag could be appropriate for a question like "Are you allowed to list the books of Tanakh? I heard it was forbidden". Such a question indeed asks about listing things. I don't know if any of the current questions are of this type, fwiw.
– Double AA♦Feb 1 '16 at 20:22

@DoubleAA formally, perhaps, but is there likely to be anyone out there who's particularly interested in the topic of lists in Judaism?
– Isaac Moses♦Feb 1 '16 at 20:23

Perhaps. A priori we don't know. That's why we just make tags when we get enough q's of a certain type. If somebody is writing their PhD about that, and uses us as a resource by asking lots of questions, then we should have a tag. Again, I don't think we're at that stage yet.
– Double AA♦Feb 1 '16 at 20:24

1

@DoubleAA, I think we're entitled to use our judgement as a community of experts about Judaism, generally.
– Isaac Moses♦Feb 1 '16 at 20:26

1

I don't see the value of it either; it feels very much like a meta tag.
– Monica CellioFeb 1 '16 at 20:46

6

Tangent, for future taggers: please don't flood the front page with a pervasive change like that. It pushes other recently-asked (or recently-active) questions out of view before they've had a chance to be seen. Yes there are other ways to see them, but as a kindness to people looking for answers to new questions, let's try to keep edits like this down to ~10 at a time, ok?
– Monica CellioFeb 1 '16 at 20:48

@MonicaCellio, I think that guidance deserves its own post.
– Isaac Moses♦Feb 1 '16 at 20:50

@IsaacMoses yeah, was trying to figure out where to put it (it's not really a question, though I guess I could cast it as one), and I haven't searched meta yet to see if it's come up before. Meanwhile, I figure a comment here is better than nothing. I'll try to improve on that, b"n.
– Monica CellioFeb 1 '16 at 20:53